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A modest beginning has already been made by a few farmers in Punjab, particularly in supplying organic foods to special sectors like five-star hotels. Pest control without chemical pesticides is, however, the real challenge, for which farmers must get properly trained. Protected cultivation under plastic/net houses is being taken up by certain farmers for controlling pests and for early production of vegetables. Entomologists have to generate the required organic pest-control technologies. We have yet to generate and disseminate site-specific technologies for precision organic farm management to ensure cost-effective production, processing as well as quality control, documentation, inspection, certification, branding/ labelling and marketing.